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THE PREPOSITIONAL CASEWHEN IS THE PREPOSITIONAL USED?Generally, we use the prepositional case...- with the prepositions в y на (on / in / at): Я в школе - I'm at school / Моя книга на столе - My book is on the table.- with the preposition о (about): Я думаю о тебе - I'm thinking about you.WHAT WILL WE LEARN IN THIS LESSON? We are going to learn the prepositional case of different nouns and pronouns.

USEFUL VOCABULARY IN RUSSIAN

This is the new Russian vocabulary that you will learn in this lesson. Read, listen and repeat the words.

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ENGLISH

prepositional case

business trip

hotel

stove, cooker

microwave

bedroom

to meet

village, countryside

cow

nature

river

field

to bathe

forest

vegetables

vacation, holiday

to wish, to dream of

guide-book

trip, journey

country house

RUSSIAN

Предложный падеж

командировка

гостиница

плита

микроволновка

спальня

встречать

деревня

корова

природа

река

поле

купаться

лес

овощи

отпуск

мечтать

путеводитель

путешествие

дача

DIALOGUES IN RUSSIAN With extra help for the cases!

Our extra help: we have highlightedin blue the words in prepositional

MORE HELP: REFERENCE MATERIALStaken from our course Tables of Russian Grammar Look up these tables while you read the Russian dialogues:NOUNS: Prepositional Case. See tablePERSONAL PRONOUNS: Prepositional Case. See tablePOSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: Prepositional Case. See table

*Don't memorize the tables. Use them only for quick reference.

DIALOGUE 1:

ENGLISH

- Hello Lena! And where is Michael?

- Don't you know? Michael is now in Saint-Petersburg. He is on a business trip. He is working at the university in the faculty of English language.

- I didn't know about it. And how is he doing there? Is he staying in a hotel?

- No, he's living in a flat in the city centre. He often writes me letters and tells me about the students, about the university and about life in Saint-Petersburg.

- Have you been already to his flat?

- Yes, I was there in March. It's a very nice flat. In the kitchen there is a new stove and a microwave, and in his bedroom, a big television.

- And when will he be in Moscow again? - He will be home at the end of April. I'm going to meet him at the airport.

- Of course, in the city. In the country it's boring. I love eating in a restaurant, watching movies in the cinema and travelling on the underground/subway. You can do this only in the city.

- And I prefer living in the country. There you can move by bicycle, in the gardens there is fresh fruit and on the fields there are cows. There you can relax in the nature: bathe in the river and walk in the forest.

- I prefer relaxing by the sea, for example, in Spain or in Egypt. And fresh vegetables, I buy them in the market.

- Oh, when I retire (when I'm on a pension), I'm going to live in the country.- It's early to think about a pension. Better think about the exams at the university!

- Hurray! At last I'm on holiday! I've been dreaming about it the whole year!

- Are you staying at your country house?

- Of course not. Already tomorrow I'll be in the south. I'll be lying on the beach, bathe in the sea and have dinner in a restaurant.

- Are you going by train or by car?

- I'm flying by plane. When I'm on holiday I don't want to think neither about cars, nor about problems, nor about work.
- Are you going to stay in a hotel?- Yes, my hotel is in the city centre. Now I'm reading in a guide-book about the museums, theatres and exhibitions. When I'm in Moscow again I'll tell you about my trip.

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RUSSIAN GRAMMAR

Read the following grammar summary. We will learn the cases from this lesson. If you have any question, remember that you can always ask in our forum.

The Prepositional Case: Nouns

In the dialogues we have seen examples of Prepositional Case (Prep.) in nouns. Below we will learn more about it:

There are some masculine nouns that have two prepositional cases:- Regular: it has the ending -е: Я думаю о саде = I'm thinking about the garden.- Irregular: it has the ending -у. We used it ONLY when meaning "location" (with prepositions в/на): Моя книга была в саду = My book was in the garden.